What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Science (the micro-organisms), Maths (creating graphs) and Literacy (reading and writing about our creek)

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Global Warming

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? It showed us the water is valuable and connects us all together.

“We learnt a lot about our stream. We are very lucky to have a stream/creek at our school and the children loved going down to it. These lessons made them think about the health of our stream and care more for it.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Mathematics - measurement / number and algebra units Literacy - small texts / chunks of text that expands on the big ideas of the kit Health and P.E / Dance - understanding how movements in and on Earth can be replicated by our bodies

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Exploring the sacredness of Water in Te Ao Māori Students' own cultural beliefs and whakapapa.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? Students made connections in regards to freshwater; as the inevitable consequence of atmosphere, upon which all life depends. It is brought about through the separation of land and sky, held in place through the Atua Tāne, in the form of trees. genealogic

“WOW! Before we went under lockdown, we were lucky to test samples off waterways near our school. The students were amazed at just how 'unhealthy' some samples were and were able to construct a report on this. They then held a small group session with another class to share their learning.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? Literacy and art.

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? Children are keen to test different water if we could get hold of the equipment.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We struggled with this aspect.

“This kit was fantastic for the quality of resources provided. The Year 3-4 children found this level of science quite tricky but enjoyed the activities.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? To carry out the testing and analyse the results we used maths (a lot of data analysis), science and literacy. Since using the kit, we are focussing on creating inventions (the technology curriculum) which is involving making models as well as building we

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We have plans to learn more about waste water, and the New Plymouth District Council is coming in to work with our students.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We linked awa to students' pepeha (which we had done earlier in the year). We also linked our awa to the school pepeha. We did research into how awa were integral to Māori life pre-colonisation.

“We were very pleased with the Water Testing Kit. It got us out into our river (literally), and gave students a chance to do 'real-life' science. The resources provided were fantastic.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? To carry out the testing and analyse the results we used maths (a lot of data analysis), science and literacy. Since using the kit, we are focussing on creating inventions (the technology curriculum) which is involving making models as well as building we

How successful was this kit in promoting scientific thinking?

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How effective was this kit in raising your students awareness of the importance of water health?

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We have plans to learn more about waste water, and the New Plymouth District Council is coming in to work with our students.

How motivated are your students to take care of their local environment after this kit?

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? We linked awa to students' pepeha (which we had done earlier in the year). We also linked our awa to the school pepeha. We did research into how awa were integral to Māori life pre-colonisation.

“We were very pleased with the Water Testing Kit. It got us out into our river (literally), and gave students a chance to do 'real-life' science. The resources provided were fantastic.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“This kit is fantastic! We have loved exploring what the kit contains and the excellent resources. Each year we run a Science Fair where the pupils entries are entered in the Southland wide Science Fair. This resource is going to be so helpful for those pupils wanting to investigate our local waterways. This resource is a valuable addition to our Science resources and will be used in years to come also. Many thanks once again, School Kit!”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? The kit encouraged the students to explore and integrate a wide area of the curriculum. This helped them to deepen their understanding of the true nature of the unit as not just a water testing program but to see our water ways as an integral part of our

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What opportunities have arisen for future learning from this kit? We would like to take the knowledge and skills gained in the kit to look at cleaning up the stream running through the school farm.

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In what ways did this kit develop understanding of the cultural significance of water in Te Ao Māori? The students are more aware that our water ways are part of our community. That water ways are and have always been the life blood of our culture, heritage and well being. We were able to make connections to the Whanganui river, where the river has legal

“Really cool unit that the students enjoyed working on. Good interactive investigations that linked to the school community which opened their eyes to the condition of the stream running through the school farm.”

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Posted 4 years ago

What cross curricular learning came about as a result of this kit? We integrated this kit with learning about local industries in the past and present and how they use and impact our waterways.

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